Targeted support? [LWN.net]

Targeted support?

Posted Oct 20, 2006 2:57 UTC (Fri) by skvidal (subscriber, #3094)
In reply to: Targeted support? by pjhacnau
Parent article: An empty legacy

Two items here:
1. ubuntu has a team of paid people doing the LTS
2. So far we've not actually seen ubuntu do this. When they actually start maintaining a distro 2 and 3 years after its been released THEN we can start talking about it. However, seeing as they haven't had to do it yet it's all pure conjecture about what they may or may not be able to do.

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Targeted support?

Posted Oct 20, 2006 4:39 UTC (Fri) by pjhacnau (subscriber, #4223) [Link]

I think use of the 'U' word distracted you from what I was suggesting :-)
I wasn't suggesting "copy Ubuntu" - merely using the fact that they don't aim to LTS every release as a starting point for the idea.

Restating the idea without the 'U' word, it goes something like this:

1) If you rely mostly on volunteers, you piss them off at your peril.
2) With limited resources, maybe you shouldn't be trying to support every FC release.
3) Given 1) and 2) why not try working out, with said volunteers, which subset of FC releases should be given Legasy support.